Daniel Roe, a.k.a. Catamaran Dan, takes Shamrocket, a 17-foot Hobie Getaway catamaran powered only by wind and sun, from the Pacific Northwest to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, then from the Florida Keys to Nantucket. He anchors or beaches every night and logs every reef, kelp forest, and wreck along the way.
Launch at Oxnard, California, and sail north up the whole West Coast to Washington and the Canadian border. Turn south to San Diego for a month, cross into Mexico on December 1, 2027, round Cabo San Lucas, and work the Sea of Cortez to the haul-out at Puerto Peñasco, Sonora.
One month after the Puerto Peñasco haul-out, Shamrocket relaunches in the Florida Keys near Key Largo. The winter is spent in the Keys and along Florida’s warm East Coast, on coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass flats.
As the season warms, Shamrocket heads up the entire U.S. Atlantic coast to Nantucket Island, then sails back down to Fort Lauderdale before the fall.
After two years on North America’s coasts, Shamrocket heads into blue water: the Bahamas, the Eastern Caribbean, and the coast of South America to Brazil. Then she crosses the Atlantic by container and sails on through the coasts and rivers of Europe.
Shamrocket crosses the Gulf Stream from Fort Lauderdale to Bimini, island-hops through the Bahamas, and runs down the island chain of the Eastern Caribbean to Trinidad & Tobago. From there she follows the coast of South America east to Recife, Brazil, and possibly as far as Rio de Janeiro. Then she comes back north, past Venezuela and Colombia, to finish at Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
When the BEC is complete, Shamrocket and all of her gear are broken down, packed into a shipping container, and sent across the Atlantic to Scandinavia, where she is reassembled for the next chapter.
Reassembled in Scandinavia, Shamrocket sails the western coast of Europe, through the Mediterranean and into the Black Sea, then up the Dnipro River to Kyiv, carrying support for Hope For Ukraine along the way.
Short daily legs, chosen for weather and the next safe anchorage.
Every night at anchor or pulled up on an island. Marinas only for water, food, and a waterfront restaurant.
Every anchorage, dive and snorkel site, and storm refuge recorded with latitude and longitude.
Wind and solar-electric only. No gas, no propane, nothing combustible aboard.